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This image or media file is available on the Wikimedia Commons as File:Flag of the United States.svg, where categories and captions may be viewed. While the license of this file may be compliant with the Wikimedia Commons, an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too.
It appears in the United States Code, title 4, chapter 1 . The code specifies the lengths as See "Flag of the United States" article for details. The exact values are given in parenthesis, see graphics above, for the modern US flag with 50 stars. Older flags do not get adjusted for any reason. A = 1.000 = (1/1) B = 1.910 = (B/A = 1.910 fixed)
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
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See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags Main article ...
Reverted to version as of 11:56, 30 October 2015 (UTC); you should NOT open up this example image in Inscape: 01:31, 14 June 2016: 1,235 × 650 (4 KB) Squee3: Reverted to version as of 18:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC) - the stars wouldn't be centered in the canton otherwise (open the image up in Inscape and see what I mean.) 11:56, 30 October 2015
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:09, 25 October 2023: 1,235 × 650 (1 KB): Squee3: Reverted to version as of 15:42, 7 October 2023 (UTC) 19:09, 25 October 2023